It's the media, not your Montreal protestors, who are urging further violence and laying the grounds for foreign intervention, agree. Did this rally have any suggested actions for the Canadian government? And if you had your choice what could the Canadian government do, or what could individual Canadians do to help the people of Iran?

I don't mean this as a challenge. I can't think of any positive role Canada could conceivably play here but I'd rather be wrong about that.

"Russia's deputy foreign minister has slammed the US for calling an emergency UN Security Council meeting following instability in Iran, accusing Washington of fomenting unrest and destabilizing the government. Ryabkov earlier told RIA news agency that the US is using the demonstrations on a 'pretext ' to review the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The international agreement was also approved by Russia, China, France, the UK, Germany and the EU."

"Iran's security forces have disbanded a local of the Mujahideen-e Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group which had carried out acts of sabotage during recent protests. According to Lorestan Province's intelligence office, the MKO-affiliated terrorists were identified and arrested in the city of Borujerd on Friday. The terrorists have been involved in many acts of sabotage in Lorestan, particularly in Borujerd, over recent days..."

It's the media, not your Montreal protestors, who are urging further violence and laying the grounds for foreign intervention, agree. Did this rally have any suggested actions for the Canadian government? And if you had your choice what could the Canadian government do, or what could individual Canadians do to help the people of Iran?

I don't mean this as a challenge. I can't think of any positive role Canada could conceivably play here but I'd rather be wrong about that.

I believe lagatta4 does have a point in this. I have met people from Iran who were threatened by the religious extreme government. So I believe it's an serious issue in that part of the world. However this is an issue only the Iranian peoples can resolve. If western countries get involved in any way, it will only strengthen the religious extremes.

Why should vandalism by some young "hotheads" be used to discredit a broader movement, which has been largely based on improving people's living conditions, as well as issues of labour and democratic rights?

Good question. I was on the front line of this protest. I merely came away with deep bruises from the police armour while being pushe d back in this scene. The black bloc were vilified because they stood to protect the Grandmothers.

"Legitimate protests have been hijacked by the usual suspects. Regime change is unlikely but what is in play is setting the stage for a further renewal of economic sanctions. Anyway, Tehran is already gearing up to increase business across Eurasia through China's new Silk Roads, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the Eurasia Economic Union. In the end it's up to Team Rouhani to be creative in alleviating the burdens on the economic front."

US & Israel Target Iran, Pakistan and other Muslim Countries For Their Resources - Erdogan

"Turkey's leader has accused the US and Israel of meddling in the affairs of Iran and Pakistan, as well as those of other Muslim countries, and are driven by the desire to grab their resources. "We cannot accept that some countries , foremost the US, Israel - are allowed to interfere in the internal affairs of Iran and Pakistan..."

"I think we are looking at a certain amount of panic coming from the Trump administration, to throw its weight around in New York at United Nations to put this subject into play...and I think he is losing."

"Late last month reports emerged of a secret deal reached between the US and Israel setting out a wide-ranging plan to confront Iran in a number of different areas. And then, just two days after that report broke just three weeks after the plan itself was agreed, protests originating in discontent over the performance of the economy under the Rouhani government, soon morphed into rallies, riots and violence aimed against the Iranian Republic itself..."

Birth of An Insurgency: The US-Israeli 'Secret Deal' to Manipulate Protests in Iran

"Using the recent protests as cover, the governments of the US and Israel are advancing a much larger plan for covert regime change against the Iranian government that is set to begin with the assassination of a top Iranian general..."

"There is an issue - probably the only issue - that unites many of the most powerful individuals surrounding Donald Trump. And the issue is hostility towards Iran. There is every reason to believe these same people will translate their hostility into action - even military action. The War Cabinet is mobilizing..."

"Any further restraint in responding to Israeli aggression will only encourage more violations against Iran and Iranians. Despite years of western propaganda, media misinformation and repeated Israeli threats, Iran has never threatened to initiate military conflict with Israel. However, the beleagured and self-serving Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanayahu, has now miscalculated and made a grave mistake."

Iran does have troops and military mech in Syria. They have and will engage the Israel incursion into Syria. Already an Israeli f-16 was downed in February. And from the recent show of anti missile force shown by the Syrian military, I believe Iran is now more bold in the face of Israeli illegal incursions and will retaliate

Huge coverage of Netanyahu's presentation about Iran's nuclear weapons. Most criticized the performance, but not one single reporter brought up the actually existing Israeli nuclear weapons. Or Mordechai Vanunu.

Huge coverage of Netanyahu's presentation about Iran's nuclear weapons. Most criticized the performance, but not one single reporter brought up the actually existing Israeli nuclear weapons. Or Mordechai Vanunu.

Thanks very much for that clip of Netanyahu being grilled on Israeli nuclear weapons by CNN. That is the only example I've seen so far, but it's certainly welcome. The questioner could have gone on and asked whether Israel would be okay with the same inspection regime that Iran has, but perhaps I'm asking too much.

"Tehran has been ordered by a US court to pay more than $6 billion to victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, despite the fact that most of the plane hijackers were Saudi nationals, and no direct link was ever found to Iran..."

Of course they're morons which is why our politicians do whatever America wants.

"A senior Israeli intelligence official is in Ottawa seeking Canada's support for efforts by Israel and the US to force Iran to renegotiate its nuclear deal...Mr Tzuriel said Iran is establishing itself militarily in Syria and that Israel will use force to stop that, even if it has to go to war..."

"...This leaves only one question: Who will be next on the list of US illegal invasions cloaked in bullshit justifications? Well, last week, Iran finally did it: It switched from the dollar to the euro. And sure enough, this week, the US military industrial complex, the corporate media and Israel all got together to claim that Iran is lying about its nuclear weapons development.

Point is, as we watch our pathetic corporate media continue their manufacture of war with Iran don't fall for it..."

"I want to tell the Israelis that they have committed a historic mistake. They realized an act of great stupidity. And Iran, O Zionists, is not a small country, it is not a weak country and it is not a cowardly country. As a comment on this incident, I stress that it constitutes a turning point in the situation of the region. What follows will be very different from what preceded it. It is a turning point, a historic turning point..."

And now Boris Johnson is going to Washington to try and talk sense to Trump. Those two in the same room at the same time may create a black hole of intelligence. Everything goes in, nothing comes out. All the brains in the neighbourhood will disappear into the vortex...

"US President Donald Trump is planning to return old sanctions on Iran and add new ones, the New York Times reported citing sources. Tehran said on Tuesday that its response to Trump's announcement will be dictated by what would best safeguard its own national interests..."

"US President Donald Trump is planning to return old sanctions on Iran and add new ones, the New York Times reported citing sources. Tehran said on Tuesday that its response to Trump's announcement will be dictated by what would best safeguard its own national interests..."

"...You'd think that the Israeli government couldn't play Uncle Sam [for] a sucker to fight another war - this one against Iran with American soldiers and money. But the three warmongers, named above, are driving US foreign policy in the Middle East. Unfortunately, Congress regularly disregards its constitutional duties and follows the lead of AIPAC lobbyists."

"The geopolitical consequences are massive...In a nutshell, this betrays the entire project which is to thwart the Eurasia integration process, which features Russia and China as peer competitors aligning with Iran along the New Silk Roads. So Trump has reshuffled the Grand Chessboard. Persians, though, happen to know a thing or two about chess."

"Anyone who thinks bombing is the answer is woefully misinformed,' Says the warmongering woman who championed bombing Libya back to the stone age [led by a Canadian general and supported unanimously by all HoC parties including the verminous al Qaeda/White Helmets supporting NDP], turning a country that had the highest standard of living in Africa into a war-torn failed state now ruled by slave-selling jihadists."

"...Saudi Arabia, which has already publicly backed/ [purchased] the US decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal, already announced its willingness to fill the oil market demand and retake lost market share in the process. The oil kingdom ceded marketshare to its regional rival Iran when the latter re-entered the market in 2016 after the US government lifted sanctions on crude exports."

"A commentator believes the reason why President Donald Trump has decided to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal is because Israel, which is 'dictating' the policy of the United States is not 'satisfied' with the agreement and is 'sabre-rattling for war."

It has always been obvious which foreign power owns Trump. Not Russia.

"The Trump administration's withdrawal from the 2015 Iranian nuclear treaty has revealed deep and explosive divisions between Washington and its imperialist allies...National Security Advisor John Bolton said, 'No new contracts are permitted,' and gave European businesses 90 to 180 days to wind down operations in targeted sectors..."

First off, I don’t believe in coincidences. Not at the international level anyways

North Korea is on the verge of a huge peace deal, and Trump (with Xi Jin Ping’s boot print on his ass probably) is actually accomadating the process.

This must be throwing the war pig puppet masters (Israel for starters) into a hyper ventilating tail spin panic!

But I somehow feel in the back of my head that many in the US are starting to get tired of the puppet masters bullshit.

I sense Israel is getting set up for an ass kicking. Military and economic. And the country to do it is Iran.

The US is probably giving Israel a green light to engage Iran more aggressively So that when they get humbled, the US can then say “you get the idea now?”

From the info provided by NDPP, it looks like Europe is lining up to to scold Trump and the US. And Europe knows very well that this is Israel’s doing. Possibly Israel may face some kind of snubbing or sanctions if they engage Iran or Iran through Syria?